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March 19, 2025
ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1014
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DIGEST OF HB 1014 (Updated March 18, 2025 12:01 pm - DI 106)
Citations Affected: IC 35-50.
Synopsis: Consecutive terms of imprisonment for misdemeanors.
Limits the total of the consecutive terms of imprisonment to which a
defendant is sentenced for misdemeanor convictions arising out of an
episode of criminal conduct. Adds domestic battery, invasion of
privacy, and resisting law enforcement to the definition of "crime of
violence."
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Zimmerman, Bascom
(SENATE SPONSORS — GLICK, POL JR.)
January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
January 27, 2025, reported — Do Pass.
January 29, 2025, read second time, ordered engrossed.
January 30, 2025, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 91, nays 0.
SENATE ACTION
February 18, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal
Law.
March 18, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1014
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
criminal law and procedure.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 35-50-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.142-2020,
2 SECTION 83, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "crime of violence"
4 means the following:
5 (1) Murder (IC 35-42-1-1).
6 (2) Attempted murder (IC 35-41-5-1).
7 (3) Voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3).
8 (4) Involuntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-4).
9 (5) Reckless homicide (IC 35-42-1-5).
10 (6) Battery (IC 35-42-2-1) as a:
11 (A) Level 2 felony;
12 (B) Level 3 felony;
13 (C) Level 4 felony; or
14 (D) Level 5 felony.
15 (7) Domestic battery (IC 35-42-2-1.3) as a:
16 (A) Level 2 felony;
17 (B) Level 3 felony;
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1 (C) Level 4 felony; or
2 (D) Level 5 felony;
3 (E) Level 6 felony; or
4 (F) Class A misdemeanor.
5 (8) Aggravated battery (IC 35-42-2-1.5).
6 (9) Kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2).
7 (10) Rape (IC 35-42-4-1).
8 (11) Criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2) (before its repeal).
9 (12) Child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3).
10 (13) Sexual misconduct with a minor as a Level 1 felony under
11 IC 35-42-4-9(a)(2) or a Level 2 felony under IC 35-42-4-9(b)(2).
12 (14) Robbery as a Level 2 felony or a Level 3 felony
13 (IC 35-42-5-1).
14 (15) Burglary as a Level 1 felony, Level 2 felony, Level 3 felony,
15 or Level 4 felony (IC 35-43-2-1).
16 (16) Operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death or
17 catastrophic injury (IC 9-30-5-5).
18 (17) Operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious bodily
19 injury to another person (IC 9-30-5-4).
20 (18) Child exploitation as a Level 5 felony under IC 35-42-4-4(b)
21 or a Level 4 felony under IC 35-42-4-4(c).
22 (19) Resisting law enforcement as a felony or as a Class A
23 misdemeanor (IC 35-44.1-3-1).
24 (20) Unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon
25 (IC 35-47-4-5).
26 (21) Strangulation (IC 35-42-2-9) as a Level 5 felony.
27 (22) Invasion of privacy (IC 35-46-1-15.1) as a:
28 (A) Level 6 felony; or
29 (B) Class A misdemeanor.
30 (b) As used in this section, "episode of criminal conduct" means
31 offenses or a connected series of offenses that are closely related in
32 time, place, and circumstance.
33 (c) Except as provided in subsection (e) or (f) the court shall
34 determine whether terms of imprisonment shall be served concurrently
35 or consecutively. The court may consider the:
36 (1) aggravating circumstances in IC 35-38-1-7.1(a); and
37 (2) mitigating circumstances in IC 35-38-1-7.1(b);
38 in making a determination under this subsection. The court may order
39 terms of imprisonment to be served consecutively even if the sentences
40 are not imposed at the same time. However, except for crimes of
41 violence, the total of the consecutive terms of imprisonment, exclusive
42 of terms of imprisonment under IC 35-50-2-8 and IC 35-50-2-10
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1 (before its repeal) to which the defendant is sentenced for felony or
2 misdemeanor convictions arising out of an episode of criminal
3 conduct shall not exceed the period described in subsection (d).
4 (d) Except as provided in subsection (c), the total of the consecutive
5 terms of imprisonment to which the defendant is sentenced for felony
6 convictions arising out of an episode of criminal conduct may not
7 exceed the following:
8 (1) If the most serious crime for which the defendant is
9 sentenced is a Class C misdemeanor, the total of the
10 consecutive terms of imprisonment may not exceed one (1)
11 year.
12 (2) If the most serious crime for which the defendant is
13 sentenced is a Class B misdemeanor, the total of the
14 consecutive terms of imprisonment may not exceed two (2)
15 years.
16 (3) If the most serious crime for which the defendant is
17 sentenced is a Class A misdemeanor, the total of the
18 consecutive terms of imprisonment may not exceed three (3)
19 years.
20 (1) (4) If the most serious crime for which the defendant is
21 sentenced is a Level 6 felony, the total of the consecutive terms
22 of imprisonment may not exceed four (4) years.
23 (2) (5) If the most serious crime for which the defendant is
24 sentenced is a Level 5 felony, the total of the consecutive terms
25 of imprisonment may not exceed seven (7) years.
26 (3) (6) If the most serious crime for which the defendant is
27 sentenced is a Level 4 felony, the total of the consecutive terms
28 of imprisonment may not exceed fifteen (15) years.
29 (4) (7) If the most serious crime for which the defendant is
30 sentenced is a Level 3 felony, the total of the consecutive terms
31 of imprisonment may not exceed twenty (20) years.
32 (5) (8) If the most serious crime for which the defendant is
33 sentenced is a Level 2 felony, the total of the consecutive terms
34 of imprisonment may not exceed thirty-two (32) years.
35 (6) (9) If the most serious crime for which the defendant is
36 sentenced is a Level 1 felony, the total of the consecutive terms
37 of imprisonment may not exceed forty-two (42) years.
38 (e) If, after being arrested for one (1) crime, a person commits
39 another crime:
40 (1) before the date the person is discharged from probation,
41 parole, or a term of imprisonment imposed for the first crime; or
42 (2) while the person is released:
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1 (A) upon the person's own recognizance; or
2 (B) on bond;
3 the terms of imprisonment for the crimes shall be served consecutively,
4 regardless of the order in which the crimes are tried and sentences are
5 imposed.
6 (f) If the factfinder determines under IC 35-50-2-11 that a person
7 used a firearm in the commission of the offense for which the person
8 was convicted, the term of imprisonment for the underlying offense and
9 the additional term of imprisonment imposed under IC 35-50-2-11
10 must be served consecutively.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Courts and Criminal Code, to
which was referred House Bill 1014, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
the recommendation that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1014 as introduced.)
MCNAMARA
Committee Vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal
Law, to which was referred House Bill No. 1014, has had the same
under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
follows:
Page 2, line 1, strike "or".
Page 2, line 2, delete "felony." and insert "felony;
(E) Level 6 felony; or
(F) Class A misdemeanor.".
Page 2, line 20, after "felony" insert "or as a Class A
misdemeanor".
Page 2, between lines 23 and 24, begin a new line block indented
and insert:
"(22) Invasion of privacy (IC 35-46-1-15.1) as a:
(A) Level 6 felony; or
(B) Class A misdemeanor.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1014 as printed January 27, 2025.)
FREEMAN, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0.
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